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KIN 135 ch.1 and 2 vocab
Coach Parker's Kinesiology class
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Undergraduate 2
09/01/2011

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wellness
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a state of optimal health achieved by living a healthy lifestyle
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six components of wellness
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physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, social, and environmental
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Main goals of Healthy People 2020
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help individuals of all ages increase life expectancy and improve quality of life. to eliminate health disparities among the different segments of the population (based on gender, race/ethnicity, education, income, and disability)
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physical activity
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any movement of the body produced by a skeletal muscle that results in energy expenditure, especially through movement of large muscle groups
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exercise
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planned, structured, and repetitive bodily movement done to improve or maintain one or more components of fitness
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cardiovascular disease (CVD)
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any disease of the heart and blood vessels
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diabetes
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a metabolic disorder characterized by high blood glucose levels. Chronic elevation of blood glucose is associated with increased incidence of heart disease, kidney disease, nerve dysfunction, and eye damage.
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osteoporosis
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a condition that results from the loss of bone mass and strength
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cardiorespiratory endurance
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a measure of the heart's ability to pump oxygen-rich blood to the working muscles during exercise and of the muscles' ability to take up and use the oxygen.
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Health related physical fitness consists of five components:
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cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition
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muscular strength
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the maximal ability of a muscle to generate force
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muscular endurance
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the ability of a muscle to generate a submaximal force over and over again
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flexibility
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the ability to move joints freely through their full range of motion
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body composition
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the relative amounts of fat and fat-free tissue (muscle, organs, bone) found in the body
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Stages of Change Model
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A framework for understanding how individuals move toward adopting and maintaining health behavior changes
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shaping
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breaking a behavior or task into small steps to accomplish the larger goal
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overload principle
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a basic principle of physical conditioning that states that in order to improve physical fitness, the body or specific muscles must be stressed
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principle of progression
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a principle of training that states that overload should be increased gradually
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ten percent rule
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the training intensity or duration of exercise should not be increased by more than 10% per week
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maintenance program
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exercising to sustain a desired level of physical fitness
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principle of specificity
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the effect of exercise training is specific to those muscles involved in the activity
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principle of recuperation
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the body requires recovery periods between exercise training sessions to adapt to the exercise stress. Therefore a period of rest is essential for achieving maximal benefit from exercise.
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overtraining
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the result of failure to get enough rest between training sessions
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principle of reversibility
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the loss of fitness due to inactivity
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exercise prescription
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the individualized amount of exercise that will effectively promote physical fitness for a given person
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mode of exercise
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the specific type of exercise to be performed
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warm up
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a brief (5-15 minute) period of exercise that precedes a workout
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frequency of exercise
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the number of times per week that one exercises
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intensity of exercise
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the amount of physiological stress or overload placed on the body during exercise
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duration of exercise
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the amount of time invested in performing the primary workout
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cool-down
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a 5 to 15 minute period of low-intensity exercise that immediately follows the primary conditioning period; sometimes called a warm-down
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threshold for health benefits
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the minimum level of physical activity required to achieve some of the health benefits of exercise
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